Ua hui pū ke alakaʻi kuleana kīwila ʻo John Boyd lāua ʻo KJ Skippa Mak Marley me Kara Brewer Boyd, Association of American Indian Farmers, e hoʻokuʻu i kahi mele "The Land" e hōʻike i ka mōʻaukala a me ka hoʻomau mau ʻana i nā ʻōlelo hoʻohiki, nā kuʻikahi haki, ka hoʻokae lāhui, a me ka lilo ʻana o ka ʻāina i loaʻa i ka Native. ʻAmelika a me nā Mahiʻai ʻEleʻele ma US.
ʻO John Boyd, Jr., ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu a me ka Pelekikena, National Black Farmers Association, 4th generation Black Farmer ma Mecklenburg County, Virginia i hoʻopiʻi i ka US Dept of Agriculture (USDA) a loaʻa iā ia kahi ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka ʻimi ʻana no ka hoʻokae lāhui i alakaʻi ʻia i ka hoʻoholo hoʻokae 1st USDA. e kekahi kanaka. Ua kōkua ʻo Boyd i 10,000 o nā mea mahiʻai ʻeleʻele a me nā mea liʻiliʻi e waiho i nā hoʻopiʻi hoʻokae, nā hoʻopiʻi a me nā hana papa e kūʻē i ka USDA. ʻO ka mahiʻai kā mākou ʻoihana mua loa. Ma ke kūʻokoʻa, mahalo mākou i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻāina e hana ai no mākou iho, ko mākou ʻohana a me ka holomua lāhui. "He kanaha mau eka a me ka miula," he manao i hookomoia.
ʻO ka American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) o 2021 ka papahana e hōʻike ana i ke kōkua hoʻoponopono no ka poʻe mahiʻai ʻeleʻele i hakakā i ka hoʻokae USDA ma o nā ʻaha e loaʻa ai nā hōʻaiʻē ma ka mua.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- , Founder and President, National Black Farmers Association, 4th generation Black Farmer in Mecklenburg County, Virginia sued the US Dept of Agriculture (USDA) and received a Fact of Finding for Racial Discrimination which led to the 1st USDA Discrimination settlement by an individual.
- ʻO ka American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) o 2021 ka papahana e hōʻike ana i ke kōkua hoʻoponopono no ka poʻe mahiʻai ʻeleʻele i hakakā i ka hoʻokae USDA ma o nā ʻaha e loaʻa ai nā hōʻaiʻē ma ka mua.
- Boyd went on to assist 10,000s of other Black and minority farmers to file discrimination complaints, lawsuits and class actions against USDA.
